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hev
I'm looking for html code that will allow me to place the cursor location on
page load to whatever text field I choose. Thanks.
-hev
page load to whatever text field I choose. Thanks.
-hev
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Steve Greenaway
Kermit the Frog stuck a mic in hev's face, who said:
I can't really help you with that other than to say, 'check out
javascript'.
But please, please don't do it. I REALLY get annoyed when I'm halfway
through typing a web form, and the cursor suddenly shifts to a different
field while I'm typing my password.
I can't really help you with that other than to say, 'check out
javascript'.
But please, please don't do it. I REALLY get annoyed when I'm halfway
through typing a web form, and the cursor suddenly shifts to a different
field while I'm typing my password.
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nice.guy.nige
While the city slept, hev ([email protected])
feverishly typed...
You can't do this with HTML, but you can with javascript:
http://www.html-faq.com/htmlforms/?entryfocus
Cheers,
Nige
feverishly typed...
You can't do this with HTML, but you can with javascript:
http://www.html-faq.com/htmlforms/?entryfocus
Cheers,
Nige
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Travis Newbury
Steve said:
If it happens on pageload, why should it shift when you are halfway
through entering data in the form?
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nice.guy.nige
While the city slept, Steve Greenaway ([email protected]) feverishly
typed...
[setting form field focus]
The link I gave to the OP (http://www.html-faq.com/htmlforms/?entryfocus)
overcomes that Major Annoyance by only setting the focus if the form isn't
already in use.
Cheers,
Nige
typed...
[setting form field focus]
The link I gave to the OP (http://www.html-faq.com/htmlforms/?entryfocus)
overcomes that Major Annoyance by only setting the focus if the form isn't
already in use.
Cheers,
Nige
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nice.guy.nige
While the city slept, Travis Newbury ([email protected]) feverishly
typed...
Because the form may be displayed before the onload event fires (eg. images
are still loading, etc) in which time the user can be typing merrily away in
the form. IIRC Google Groups Advanced Search form can be a pain for that. My
suggestion uses javascript to only set the focus if the form is not yet in
use. It ain't perfect, but then, neither am I... ;-)
Cheers,
Nige
typed...
Because the form may be displayed before the onload event fires (eg. images
are still loading, etc) in which time the user can be typing merrily away in
the form. IIRC Google Groups Advanced Search form can be a pain for that. My
suggestion uses javascript to only set the focus if the form is not yet in
use. It ain't perfect, but then, neither am I... ;-)
Cheers,
Nige
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Richard
He said "onload", not after the page has loaded fully.
So that your mouse is positioned on a certain form before you do anything.
Sure it's annoying. Just as are all those cute flashing banner ads, hit the
target ads and such.
But at least I can move the mouse.
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hev
nice.guy.nige said:
Thanks Nigel
That's exactly what I was looking for. Now my personal startup page brings
the focus to my google search field right off the bat! I'm happy. Thanks.
-hev
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Hywel Jenkins
The onload event fires *after* the page has loaded fully, not during.
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JDS
I see you got your answer. Be careful in implementing something like
this, though. For example, focusing the cursor on a form that is far down
the page will cause the page to scroll all the way down all of a sudden.
It has a high potential to become an annoying nuisance.
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Steve Greenaway
Kermit the Frog stuck a mic in nice.guy.nige's face, who said:
Sweet! Didn't know about that one.
The link I gave to the OP (http://www.html-faq.com/htmlforms/?entryfocus)
overcomes that Major Annoyance by only setting the focus if the form isn't
already in use.
Sweet! Didn't know about that one.